Re: RFS: dbusada

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Reto Buerki wrote:
> > * Build-Depend on gnat in addition to gnat-4.6
>
> I don't exactly understand the rationale for this rule. In contrast 
> to
> other packages the gnatgcc command is not needed to build dbusada. 
> And I
> explicitly Build-Depend on the upcoming default compiler gnat-4.6 so 
> ABI
> compatibility to other Ada packages is guaranteed.

In section 4:

"Rule: Package ‘gnat’ is the default Ada compiler for Debian. All 
packages
containing Ada programs or libraries SHALL use this compiler."

This rule makes it explicit that the package 'gnat-4.6' is NOT the 
default
Ada compiler; the package 'gnat' is.

And in 5.2.1:

"Rule: the -dev package SHALL Depend: on the packages gnat and 
gnat-X.Y.

Rationale: depending on both packages ensures that only the default Ada
compiler can be used to build programs depending on the library, 
pursuant
to The Debian Ada compiler."

--
Ludovic Brenta.